Happy Birthday, Caden Joseph!!!

Today is Caden's 3rd birthday! I can hardly believe that 3 years have gone by since the little guy came into this world. It has been a wonderful 3 years and I don't know what we would do without him. He has been the "problem" child from the beginning. We didn't sleep through the night until 10 months (and even now we sometimes wake up), we got cold after cold followed by ear infection after ear infection. All this lead to getting tubes in his ears. The tubes have been a blessing because we haven't gotten a single ear infection since they were put in!! Then there was the stretch where he would get random nose bleeds ALOT!!! That has seemed to go away and not return! We then moved onto studdering! This all started about a month or so before we moved to IN. So, I know that all the stress from the move was probably the culprit! A couple months after we got setteled in he stopped the studdering and now has NO problem talking. We always thought that he was going to be the quiet one....boy were we wrong! He still comes down with a cold/cough about every month/month and a half, but those are bearable. I'm so thankful that all the things we went through with him were not life threatening. So many children in this world are much sicker and some may not see their 3rd birthday. So I'm not complaining by any means! Libby loves her brother so much and I'm so thankful for their close relationship. They love to play together, but also can get SO mad at each other! Alot of nights I will go into Libby's room and find them both in her bed, cuddled together, fast asleep. I hope that this relationship continues far into their lives. Caden is becoming more and more onery as the days go on! It can be reallly frustrating at times, but looking back we just have to laugh at the things he does and says. I hope I never forget these days! Caden Joseph, we love you so much and are so thankful that God gave you to us 3 years ago today!